Riviera Beach police said two men are in custody after shots were fired today at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

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A police spokeswoman said people in two cars in a nearby neighborhood makes were having an ongoing dispute and left in a separate vehicle.

Police said the passenger in a black car fired shots at the other vehicle.

Investigators said the driver in the suspect vehicle crashed into the median, then got out and ran.

Police said the shooter also hopped out of the car and ran with a baby in his arms.

Police said they received a tip that the shooter was hiding in a nearby apartment.

Officers took the man into custody.

They said the child was found safe in the apartment.

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IS LIVE IN RIVIERA
BEACH WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
TED?
TED: RIVIERA BEACH POLICE HAVE
TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY.
POLICE SAY TWO MEN IN SEPARATE
VEHICLES WERE ARGUING.
BULLETS WERE FLYING.
>> I CAME OUT RUNNING, THINKING
SOMEBODY WAS SICK.
TED: TIFFANY KENNEDY SAYS SHE
WAS ABOUT TO WALK INTO A GAS
STATION WHEN SHE HEARD GUNSHOTS
AND THIS CAR CRASH ONTO THE
MEDIAN.
SHE SAYS TWO MEN GOT OUT OF THE
CAR AND RAN.
AND ONE THEM WAS CARRYING A
TODDLER.
>> SO I CAUGHT UP WITH THE GUY
WITH THE BABY.
AND HE SAID, THIS MAN TOOK ME.
HE'S GOING TO KILL MY BABY, HE'S
GOING TO KILL MY BABY.
AND I SAID, GIVE ME THE BABY.
TED: POLICE SAY THE MAN WHO HAD
THE CHILD WAS ACTUALLY SHOOTING
AT ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE THE
CRASH.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY RECEIVED
A TIP THAT THE MAN WAS HIDING IN
A NEARBY APARTMENT.
POLICE SURROUNDED THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVENTUALLY TOOK
HIM INTO CUSTODY.
THE CHILD WAS ALSO IN THE
APARTMENT AND IS OK.
KENNEDY SAYS SHE'S JUST GLAD
THAT NO ONE WAS HURT.
>> I'M LIKE, WHY DIDN'T I JUST
STAY HOME TODAY?
TED: THE CHILD'S MOTHER WAS
REUNITED WITH HER CHILD.
POLICE TALKED WITH HER OUTSIDE
THE HOME.
THEY EVENTUALLY TOOK THE CHILD
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE
MOM FOLLOWED IN HER VEHICLE.